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Thu, Nov 17, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

New Jersey Devils 2, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0829012229
ANA082916323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 10:32NJDDevante Smith-PellyAssists: Kyle Quincey, John Moore · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:09NJDKyle QuinceyAssists: Pavel Zacha, Adam Henrique · Slap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:24ANARickard RakellAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:40ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Korbinian Holzer · Slap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:20ANARyan KeslerGWGAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Josh Manson · Backhand, 0.26 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:48NJDAdam Henrique: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 0:07NJDBeau Bennett: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:20ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  4. P3 4:35ANAJosh Manson: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 16:31ANAJosh Manson: Tripping2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
44% to win56% to win
← NJD attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDANA
29Shots on goal23
3.0Expected goals3.0
66Shot attempts49
35Faceoffs won40
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits43
14Blocked shots17
11Giveaways9
4Takeaways4

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJosefson – Smith-Pelly – Boucher7:28

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Fiddler – Kalinin – Lappin11:27

    xG 0.22–0.10 (68%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Henrique – Bennett2:29

    xG 0.11–0.07 (60%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Palmieri – Zacha9:14

    xG 0.40–0.39 (51%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Merrill10:17

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Quincey – Moore15:32

    xG 0.93–0.68 (58%)attempts 25–11goals 2–1

  3. Greene – Lovejoy3:43

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg12:23

    xG 0.95–0.40 (70%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Ritchie7:19

    xG 0.60–0.20 (75%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Vermette – Cramarossa – Rakell2:35

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell6:43

    xG 0.22–0.20 (53%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm14:30

    xG 1.11–0.54 (67%)attempts 17–13goals 1–1

  2. Vatanen – Fowler15:16

    xG 0.65–0.68 (49%)attempts 12–23goals 1–1

  3. Bieksa – Holzer11:59

    xG 0.23–0.43 (35%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

ANA 3.0 xGNJD 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #376 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

Simulated goal difference (ANA − NJD), 10,000 replays

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).